Faucet



R. W. IVIASKE.

FAUCETr APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. 191B.

Patented July fi, 119%.

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9 Be it known that Rossini W. ll lasnnfa citlzen oi the United o tesresid ng at Chr cage, 111 the county of Cook and State oil" Illinois,have inventedcertain new and usei'ul Improvements 1n Faucets; and I dohereby declare thefollowing to be a full,

clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable othersskilledin theart to which it ,appertains to make and use thesame. v

This invention has for its object to pro vide certain new and usefulimprovements the line 2-2 of big. at.

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in faucets and more particularly in that type of faucet. which isequippedwvith a rubber valve or so-called Fuller ballh It has foritsobject to provide means for proutecting the rubber valve from theaction of thewater and particularly hot water, which causesthesame toswell up and disintegrate relatively rapidly thus obstructing theft-low"of water and causing the faucet to leak. i

The invention consists in the features of constructlon andcombinationsof parts hereinatter fully described and claimed. a In the accompanyingdrawings 1llustrating the preferred embodiment of the inven- Figure l isa view inside elevation of a uct'aucetequipped with a valve constructedin accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 s a iragmentary detall section on Fig. 3 is a transverse 3-3 ofFig.2,

l 4 is an end elevation of the same.

lhe faucet body A is of the ordinary type known as a Fuller bib equippedat itsrcar end with a threaded flange B bordering the catedfconicalshanlr portion which ordi- .narily abuts ztgainst the nut E. or a washerhearing thereon.

My inventionvconsists essentially in providing a sleeve F ofuny1eld1ngmater1 l in v the shape of a truncatedcone, the smaller end ofwhich abuts against the nut E or other shoulder on the stem D. Theconical end portion of the valve C is received in said sleeve F andnormally projects slightly therefrom so that normally a tree space is iSpecificationbf Lettersfatenti will be obvious.

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provided between the snialler end of the valve andthe opposed nutlt orother shoulder within the sleeve l 'Upon efiectingelosure oi the valvethe rounded end portion engages the valve-seat and is pressed againstthe same while the sleeve F crowds up upon the tapered end portion ofthe valve until the rim of the sleeve closely approaches the valve-seat,thereby obviously protecting the greater portion of the surface of thevalve from the water and preventing swelling oi the same by absorptionthereof.

Upon opening the faucet the sleeve Fwill first move back to its normalposition and thereupon the valve will-leave its seat, as Thedisplacement of the rubber due to the pressure thereon will occur inpart at the rounded or seat end of the valve and in part in the hollowspace in the smaller end ofthe sleeve.

Theinvention is adapted to the standard Fuller balls without change andmay be readily applied by unskilled persons.

It will be noted that the diameters of the end portions of the sleeveare somewhat less than those of the co responding portions of the valve,so that normally the rounded end portion of the latter projects slightlyfrom the larger end of the sleeve.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a faucet having a valve-seat, a reciprocable valvestem, a rubbervalve through which the latter passes, and a nut on said stem betweenwhich and said valve-seat the valve is confined when seated a hollowtruncated cone bearing at its smaller end on said nut and receiving aportion of said valve,fthere being normally a free space between thevalve and the bottom of said cone, the saidvalve adapted to crowd intosaid cone to fill or partially fill said space as the through which theltlitliv. passes, and a nut on said stein between which andsaidvalveseat the valve 1s confined, when seated, said valve having atapered body portion ternii nating contiguous to said nut, a hollowtruncated cone bearing at its smaller end against 1 said nut andprojecting over and engaging said tapered body of said valve and adaptedto crowd upon the latter when the same is I V forced to its seat, thereheing normally a V iree space 1n the smaller end of sa1d cone,

'forced to its seat,

' theseat end portion thereof in the form of a. truncated cone, aprotective jacket for 10 said valve, comprising a-hollow truncated conehaving its larger and smaller ends of slightly less diameter than largerandsmaller endsrespectivcly of the similarly shaped end portions of thevalve and adapted to receive the latter, a valve-stein cn- I r gagedWith the smaller end portion of said cone for forcin said valve to itsseat, said jacket non-yiel ing in response to pressure on the exposedend of said valve as the latter is forced to its sea-t, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my ame,

- ROBERT MASKE.

